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Pick Your Own Apples will are now open for the 2026 season!
Please be sure to call our Pick-Your-Own Hotline at 860-349-6015 for the latest picking conditions and updates, or check out our Facebook page for daily updates.
Our Pick Your Own Apple trees are nestled on 200 acres of Pick Your Own fruit orchards and fields overlooking the scenic Connecticut River Valley. We have one of the largest apple orchards in Connecticut. It's no wonder why Lyman Orchards was voted Connecticut's Best Pick Your Own Farm and the Nation's Best Apple Orchard for 2025!
Pick Your Own Apples
If you're looking for a fun way to spend a day in Connecticut, a visit to Lyman Orchards PYO Apple Orchards is the perfect destination for a wholesome, fun, family-friendly getaway! And because we grow so many varieties of fruits, it's worth the trip! The Apple season lasts for 12 weeks (mid August-mid November) and traditionally overlaps the Peach season (mid July-Late September) and the Pear Season (mid August - late September).
For the best PYO apples experience, be sure to check our Facebook Page for daily updates, and read our pick your own tips
$16.00 for a ½ peck bag
$26.00 for a peck bag
$47.00 for a ½ bushel bag
Lyman Orchards has 30,000 apple trees spread over 100 sprawling acres. We grow 30 varieties of apples. Some of our early season apples include Ginger Gold, Early Mac, Ruby Red (Free-Red), Paula Red, Empress, and Sunrise. Other varieties include, Gala, Jonamac, McIntosh, Cortland, Honey Crisp, Macoun, Spencer, Liberty, Fuji, Jonagold, Empire, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Ida Red, Crispin, Cameo, Rome, Braeburn, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, and Ever Crisp.
Like our peaches, our apples are Eco-certified, grown using agricultural methods that preserve and protect our orchards’ ecology. Click here to learn more about eco-certified.
Apple picking is a great family friendly activity!
Does eating an apple every day really keep the doctor away? Below are some of the health benefits apples offer.
There are so many tasty ways to include these nutritious fruits into your breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert!
Spend a morning or afternoon apple picking at Connecticut’s Sweet Spot®, Lyman Orchards in Middlefield, CT
View Our Apple Varieties Availability Chart
While apple picking season is generally considered to be in the fall, each variety essentially has its own little “mini-season.” So keep checking the Pick Your Own hotline 860-349-6015 for updated “what’s picking” news and don’t miss out on trying each variety – you may just discover some new favorites!
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32 Reeds Gap Rd
Middlefield, CT 06455
860-349-6000
700 Main Street
Middlefield, CT 06455
860-349-6031
70 Lyman Road
Middlefield, CT 06455
860-349-6033
105 South Street
Middlefield, CT 06455
860-349-6015
Take a peek at some of the new items on our menu! Tell us what your new favorite is!😋 ... See MoreSee Less
It doesn’t get much better than this for apple picking! Crisp fall air, beautiful orchard views, and your favorite apples waiting to be picked!
Make a day of it and head to Lyman Orchards for some fresh-picked fall fun!🍎🍂 ... See MoreSee Less
🍎 🎃 Pick your Own update for Tuesday, October 27th:
We’re picking Apples and Pumpkins from 9AM-4:30PM. The Apple and Pumpkin supplies are excellent. The Apple varieties are Macoun, Empire, Cortland, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Jonagold, Ida Red, Crispin, Fuji, Rome, Cameo, and Granny Smith. The Pumpkins are both carving and sugar, orange and white, and all shapes and sizes.
The Corn Maze is open this afternoon from 1-5:30 PM. The theme of this year’s Maze is 250 Years of the USA. Admission Price for the Maze is $12 for ages 13 and older, $7 for ages 4-12, and free for ages 3 and under. $1 of every ticket sold is donated to the American Cancer Society, and $.50 of every ticket sold is donated to the Connecticut Cancer Foundation. This is the last week for the Corn Maze so don’t delay.
PYO Apple Price:
$16 per ½ Peck bag
$26 per Peck bag
$47 per ½ Bushel bag
PYO Pumpkin Price:
$8 for small
$11 for medium
$14 for large
$17 for jumbo
Price includes the cost of the container. We provide containers, customers are not allowed to bring their own containers.
We are picking in two areas today—follow the signs to the PYO locations.
Be sure to visit the Apple Barrel Farm Market after picking and navigating the Maze.
With PYO purchase customers receive a coupon for 50% off a small soft serve ice cream cone at the AB Creamery. The offer is good on the same day of picking. Limit 4 per receipt. ... See MoreSee Less
🍎🎃 THIS SUNDAY!!! Celebrate the season at Lyman Orchards AutumnFest with a day of autumn excitement at the Apple Barrel Farm Market!
📅 Sunday, November 1st, 10 AM–4 PM
Pick Your Own Apples & Pumpkins, Live Music, Food Trucks, Pumpkin Bowling and Pumpkin Golf and SO MUCH MORE! See all that is happening by visiting lymanorchards.com/event/autumnfest-2026/ ... See MoreSee Less
🍎 🎃 Pick your Own update for Monday, October 26th:
We’re picking Apples and Pumpkins from 9AM-4:30PM. The Apple and Pumpkin supplies are excellent. The Apple varieties are Macoun, Empire, Cortland, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Jonagold, Ida Red, Crispin, Fuji, Rome, Cameo, and Granny Smith. The Pumpkins are both carving and sugar, orange and white, and all shapes and sizes.
The Corn Maze is open this afternoon from 1-5:30 PM. The theme of this year’s Maze is 250 Years of the USA. Admission Price for the Maze is $12 for ages 13 and older, $7 for ages 4-12, and free for ages 3 and under. $1 of every ticket sold is donated to the American Cancer Society, and $.50 of every ticket sold is donated to the Connecticut Cancer Foundation. This is the last week for the Corn Maze so don’t delay.
PYO Apple Price:
$16 per ½ Peck bag
$26 per Peck bag
$47 per ½ Bushel bag
PYO Pumpkin Price:
$8 for small
$11 for medium
$14 for large
$17 for jumbo
Price includes the cost of the container. We provide containers, customers are not allowed to bring their own containers.
We are picking in two areas today—follow the signs to the PYO locations.
Be sure to visit the Apple Barrel Farm Market after picking and navigating the Maze.
With PYO purchase customers receive a coupon for 50% off a small soft serve ice cream cone at the AB Creamery. The offer is good on the same day of picking. Limit 4 per receipt. ... See MoreSee Less
🍎 🎃 Pick your Own update for Sunday, October 25th:
We’re picking Apples, Pumpkins, and Raspberries from 9AM-4:30PM. The Apple and Pumpkin supplies are excellent. The Raspberries are while supplies last; picking is very good to start. The Apple varieties are Macoun, Empire, Jonagold, Crispin, Spencer, Ida Red, Golden Delicious, Rome, Evercrisp, Granny Smith, and Pink Lady. We have a limited supply of Honeycrisp and McIntosh as well. The Pumpkins are both carving and sugar, orange and white, and all shapes and sizes.
The Corn Maze is open from 10AM-5:30 PM. The theme of this year’s Maze is 250 Years of the USA. Admission Price for the Maze is $12 for ages 13 and older, $7 for ages 4-12, and free for ages 3 and under. $1 of every ticket sold is donated to the American Cancer Society, and $.50 of every ticket sold is donated to the Connecticut Cancer Foundation.
PYO Apple Price:
$16 per ½ Peck bag
$26 per Peck bag
$47 per ½ Bushel bag
PYO Pumpkin Price:
$8 for small
$11 for medium
$14 for large
$17 for jumbo
PYO Raspberry Price:
$8 per pint container
$14 per quart container
Price includes the cost of the container. We provide containers, customers are not allowed to bring their own containers.
We are picking in four areas today—follow the signs to the PYO locations.
Be sure to visit the Apple Barrel Farm Market after picking and navigating the Maze.
Horse Drawn Wagon rides, Trackless Train rides, and a Petting Farm are on the grounds of the Apple Barrel from 10AM-4PM. ... See MoreSee Less